diff --git a/CodexDistTestCore/CodexNodeContainer.cs b/CodexDistTestCore/CodexNodeContainer.cs
index d9a87be..915a2b4 100644
--- a/CodexDistTestCore/CodexNodeContainer.cs
+++ b/CodexDistTestCore/CodexNodeContainer.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore
                 servicePort: groupContainerFactory.GetNextServicePort(),
                 servicePortName: groupContainerFactory.GetNextServicePortName(),
                 apiPort: codexPortSource.GetNextNumber(),
+                rpcPort: codexPortSource.GetNextNumber(),
                 containerPortName: $"geth-{n}"
             );
         }
diff --git a/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/GethCompanionNodeContainer.cs b/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/GethCompanionNodeContainer.cs
index eeb84ca..a4b452b 100644
--- a/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/GethCompanionNodeContainer.cs
+++ b/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/GethCompanionNodeContainer.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore.Marketplace
 {
     public class GethCompanionNodeContainer
     {
-        public GethCompanionNodeContainer(string name, int servicePort, string servicePortName, int apiPort, string containerPortName)
+        public GethCompanionNodeContainer(string name, int servicePort, string servicePortName, int apiPort, int rpcPort, string containerPortName)
         {
             Name = name;
             ServicePort = servicePort;
             ServicePortName = servicePortName;
             ApiPort = apiPort;
+            RpcPort = rpcPort;
             ContainerPortName = containerPortName;
         }
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore.Marketplace
         public int ServicePort { get; }
         public string ServicePortName { get; }
         public int ApiPort { get; }
+        public int RpcPort { get; }
         public string ContainerPortName { get; }
 
         public V1Container CreateDeploymentContainer(GethInfo gethInfo)
@@ -34,7 +36,19 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore.Marketplace
                         }
                     },
                 // todo: use env vars to connect this node to the bootstrap node provided by gethInfo.podInfo & gethInfo.servicePort & gethInfo.genesisJsonBase64
-                //Env = dockerImage.CreateEnvironmentVariables(offline, container)
+                Env = new List<V1EnvVar>
+                {
+                    new V1EnvVar
+                    {
+                        Name = "GETH_ARGS",
+                        Value = $"--port {ApiPort} --discovery.port {ApiPort} --authrpc.port {RpcPort}"
+                    },
+                    new V1EnvVar
+                    {
+                        Name = "GENESIS_JSON",
+                        Value = gethInfo.GenesisJsonBase64
+                    }
+                }
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/MarketplaceController.cs b/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/MarketplaceController.cs
index fd68ade..e832335 100644
--- a/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/MarketplaceController.cs
+++ b/CodexDistTestCore/Marketplace/MarketplaceController.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore.Marketplace
 
         private void ExtractAccountAndGenesisJson()
         {
-            bootstrapAccount = ExecuteCommand("cat", "account_string.txt");
-            bootstrapGenesisJson = ExecuteCommand("cat", "genesis.json");
+            FetchAccountAndGenesisJson();
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(bootstrapAccount) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(bootstrapGenesisJson))
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15));
+                FetchAccountAndGenesisJson();
+            }
 
             Assert.That(bootstrapAccount, Is.Not.Empty, "Unable to fetch account for bootstrap geth node. Test infra failure.");
             Assert.That(bootstrapGenesisJson, Is.Not.Empty, "Unable to fetch genesis-json for bootstrap geth node. Test infra failure.");
@@ -40,6 +44,12 @@ namespace CodexDistTestCore.Marketplace
             gethBootstrapNode!.GenesisJsonBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(bootstrapGenesisJson));
         }
 
+        private void FetchAccountAndGenesisJson()
+        {
+            bootstrapAccount = ExecuteCommand("cat", "account_string.txt");
+            bootstrapGenesisJson = ExecuteCommand("cat", "genesis.json");
+        }
+
         private string ExecuteCommand(string command, params string[] arguments)
         {
             return k8sManager.ExecuteCommand(gethBootstrapNode!.Pod, K8sGethBoostrapSpecs.ContainerName, command, arguments);
diff --git a/Tests/BasicTests/SimpleTests.cs b/Tests/BasicTests/SimpleTests.cs
index 0812b78..7763876 100644
--- a/Tests/BasicTests/SimpleTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/BasicTests/SimpleTests.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Tests.BasicTests
         [Test]
         public void MarketplaceExample()
         {
-            var primary = SetupCodexNodes(1)
+            var primary = SetupCodexNodes(4)
                             .WithStorageQuota(10.GB())
                             .EnableMarketplace(initialBalance: 20)
                             .BringOnline()[0];